2018 Gordon Research Conference: Neurobiology of Cognition

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2018 Gordon Research Conference: Neurobiology of Cognition

Organizers: David A. Leopold and Jennifer M. Groh (Chairs) and David J. Freedman and Ila Fiete (Vice Chairs)
Sponsors: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio: 18 Women : 22 Men (45%)
Discussion leader gender ratio: 3 Women : 6 Men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 37-52%

*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in cognitive neuroscience.

Neural Oscillations in Speech and Language Processing

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Neural Oscillations in Speech and Language Processing

Organizers: Lars Meyer, Angela D. Friederici, Alessandro Tavano and David Poeppel
Invited speaker gender ratio: 8 Women : 14 Men (36%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 44%

*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword (speech OR language or oscillations) and neuro and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 13 pages of results using our python script.

The 41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society

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The 41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society

Organizers: see here
Sponsors: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio: 8 Women : 21 Men (28%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 32%

*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
**At the time of posting, there was an error in our base rate using Society for Neuroscience registration data; this has now been corrected.

May 2018 Journal Watch

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Methods:

See our January 2018 Journal Watch post for details on methods.

Base rates:

First authors are more likely to be graduate students or postdoctoral fellows. Using our calculations based on registration for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 49% of graduate students and postdocs in neuroscience are women.

For last or sole authors we take the base rate to be 32%,  the percentage of women faculty at the same meeting. We take the base rate for all authors to be the overall percentage of 43%.

Data:

Journal of Neuroscience
Volume 38, 18 through 22
Excluding: This Week in The Journal, Editorial, Correction
First author gender ratio: 26 women : 43 men (38%)
Last/sole author gender ratio: 17 women : 58 men (23%)
Middle author gender ratio: 106 women : 179 men (37%)
All author gender ratio: 149 women : 280 men (35%)

Excluded: 1 last author, 4 first authors and 15 middle authors. 20 in total.

Neuron
Volume 98, Issue 3 and Issue 4
Excluding: Corrections
First author gender ratio: 6 women : 30 men (17%)
Last/sole author gender ratio: 19 women : 17 men (53%)
Middle author gender ratio: 56 women : 115 men (33%)
All author gender ratio: 81 women : 162 men (33%)

Excluded: 1 last author, 0 first authors and 5 middle authors. 6 in total.

Nature Neuroscience
Volume 21, Issue 5
Excluding: None
First author gender ratio: 3 women : 9 men (25%)
Last/sole author gender ratio: 3 women : 12 men (20%)
Middle author gender ratio: 24 women : 37 men (39%)
All author gender ratio: 30 women : 58 men (34%)

Excluded: 0 last authors, 0 first authors and 1 middle author. 1 in total.

Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences: Autism & Neurodevelopment Disorders from Genetic Discoveries to Interventions

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Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences: Autism & Neurodevelopment Disorders from Genetic Discoveries to Interventions

Organizers: Yong-Hui Jiang, Zilong Qiu, Jonathan Sebat, Toru Takumi
Invited speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 23 Men (15%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 39%

*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword Autism OR “Neurodevelopment Disorders” and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 76 pages of results.